The Merchant of Venice (1598)

Original id: 
13256
Start date: 
22 July 1598
End date: 
22 July 1598
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
Comedy. Hercules' rescue of Hesione evoked at 3.2.53-62. Composed apprx. 1596-97. Published in 1600 (Comedy Hercules' rescue of Hesione evoked at 3.2.53-62).
Languages: 
English
Companies:
Ancient works:
Metamorphoses, Iliad

Information related to this production

Script Author(s)
Metamorphoses Ovid
Iliad Homer
Person Role Notes
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Writer
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.2 Book library 626 Riverside 1974 / Carroll 1985, pp. 119f. / Root 1903, p.21

How to cite this production

The Merchant of Venice (1598), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/13256 <11 December 2024>